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[tnoy-keraxis]

once again shamelessly self promoting my post-black friday, pre-nmt3 fic, completely self indulgent but also yk, I just think John MacNamara is neat.

also just so so so many predictions for nmt episodes we never got/havent gotten yet (ethan doesnt die, nmt3 episodes etc). if i end up being right about any of it, i will retroactively claim i am a prophet and I won't reveal how I knew it <3

[snailsgoingdowntown]

Help, I Reincarnated as the Female Lead’s Sister-in-Law!

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Chapter 7

‘Slight’ Yandere! Dion Agriche x Fem! Reader

Arranged marriage AU

Warnings: themes of obsession and maybe possessiveness, implied thought of suicide once (1), toxic relationship/marriage, slight themes of misogynistic society (??? Probably???), implied guilt and regret, ooc Dion. Please tell me if I missed anything.

NSFW warnings: sexual fantasies (Dion: implied unprotected sex, unprotected frottage, oral (fem receiving), clit stimulation, mention of fingering), one (1) dry hump, teasing, mention/implied masturbation, offers of oral (male receiving) and handjob, slightly sexually frustrated Dion (he might die if u don’t kiss him eventually), mention/implications of non-con twice (2) (no he does not non-con you), DUB-CON. Please tell me if I missed anything.

NOTE: I gave the Reader’s brother a name because I dislike writing (family member’s name) unless it’s like the parents. Probably. Also going to tag this as smut just in case.

Main story is slightly different from the drabbles for reasons.

DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT CONDONE ANY OF THE HARMFUL AND/OR DANGEROUS/TOXIC ACTIONS AND/OR BEHAVIORS THAT MAY TAKE PLACE IN THIS PIECE OF FICTION. THESE ACTIONS/BEHAVIORS SHOULD NOT BE NORMALIZED AS THEY ARE BOTH EXTREMELY TOXIC AND DANGEROUS.

MINORS/BLANK BLOGS/BLOGS THAT DO NOT INTERACT WITH/REBLOG WITH FANDOM STUFF DNI AND PLEASE DO NOT SPAM LIKE MY POSTS. 

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Something throbs against your bottom.

Breath catching in your throat, your heartbeat speeds up. Your husband doesn’t make any attempt to move, still hovering above you. He’s so close that you could feel his chest against your back with each and every exhale. Despite his… bodily reaction, he doesn’t grind against you. Doesn’t nibble on your ear or slide his hands until they’re groping at your chest, lifting you enough to do so. 

No, he just stays and his breath makes your ear tingle. You need to get out of this.

“H-hey… mind getting off? I need to change…” You wiggle a bit, aiming to escape his one-sided ‘embrace,’ if you could even call it that. Only to immediately stop once he hisses through his teeth, one hand flying to hold your hips still. You cease all actions and breathing becomes difficult. 

All is silent. 

The air becomes heavy and awkward. You dare not move. The risk of rubbing against him is high and you’d rather avoid giving him the wrong idea. Ah, but how should you go about this situation? You can’t exactly move and begging would elicit a less than desirable response from him - he likes seeing you cry, so begging might give him the same thrill. 

Seconds feel like minutes and minutes like hours. Dion doesn’t move against you nor away from you. However, his fingers dig into your hip, and you hold back the whimper from the sharp pain caused by his grasp. You’re stuck and don’t know how to escape. 

…but he is your husband. You don’t want to do that again, to be used as a fleshlight as he enjoys himself while you shake in his arms from the pain. It was humiliating. Awful. 

But your mother would tell you to go along with it. Lant would expect it. Your sister would comfort you, saying that it’s only natural, normal for married couples to engage in sexual intercourse. As for your father… he was always too awkward to discuss the subject. 

Besides, you already told him that you refuse to go through it again. That he could jack off and you would shove his sperm into your cunt so it could reach your fertile womb. 

You also don’t want to give birth to his child. However, you had no say so in that area - a child should be the result of any marriage. You scowl. While things were different in your old, modern world, things were vastly different here. A child was expected, needed in most cases. 

And this was one of them. 

His cock throbs again. 

… you could offer to jerk him off again. Maybe use your mouth if you’re feeling daring, suck on and twirl your tongue around the tip as your hands work the shaft. You’ll even swallow if it means he’ll stay far, far away from your cunt. It doesn’t matter if his cum is bitter and sour. 

When he throbs against you for the third time, you bring up your offer, your voice faltering with each word. When he takes a sharp breath, you know that you signed your death certificate. If accepted, you won’t be able to turn back.   

Wasn’t Dion Agriche supposed to be immune to sexual desires? From what you saw from spoilers, he was dense when it came to romance, so why was he acting this way? …then again, nothing about this was romantic. 

“I don’t need it.” was his response. In spite of that, he doesn’t move, voice husky and dripping with lust. You despise yourself for the shiver running down your body while your ear tingles as his breath hits it. It seems that you’re also weak to physical pleasure regardless of your wariness and fear. 

If only your body was more receptive last night. 

“Then why are you still on me? Holding my hip no less.” If your head wasn’t so fuzzy with sleep, if today had gone in a less confusing direction, would you still act the same? Or would you stay quiet as a mouse, waiting for Dion to take you while your stomach churns and you swallow bile down?

“To stop you from squirming,” he deadpans like his fingers weren’t digging into your poor hip. 

“And your hand around my throat?” 

“To see your reaction.” 

This isn’t going anywhere. You’re just running in circles as the man denies himself and keeps you in purgatory. Can’t somebody knock on the door, forcing him to get up and leave?

You think you should be more scared. You are, but it melts into something worse than annoyance. Why can’t he let you sleep? Leave you alone and pretend you don’t exist. 

“You didn’t tell me why you’re still on top of me,” pointing out as you lift your shoulder the slightest bit, silently telling him to get out of your personal space. After a pause he lets go of your neck, hoisting himself up a bit. It’s not much, but at least he isn’t as close. 

He throbs against you a fourth time. 

Please, please for the love of everything that is holy, let him calm down. No sane man would get horny after saying such awful things. 

You forgot he wasn’t sane. 

“Your reactions are interesting.” 

“... Well, you saw them - that should be enough, no?” You’re debating if you should headbut him. Tomorrow, you’re going to question your own sanity, wondering what gave you the bravery of becoming so bold. Chucking yourself into the nearest river won’t be enough. 

Time stops when your husband’s thumb starts rubbing circles into your hip. It’s gentle but suggestive all the same. No, no, no - you don’t want to fuck him again. You don’t want to bare yourself to him, to allow his fingers to rub at your clit as he thrusts in and out of your most sensitive area. You don’t want him to lick your twitching clit or tug his hair as he eats you out again. 

It was too much, too painful. 

You already told him as such. 

“D-D-Dion.” You hate how your voice shakes, choking on his name. You hate how loud your gulp is. You hate how you’re going to offer your mouth and hands to him again. You hate the fact that you’re going to sit back and act how your mother and sister told you to. 

He hums, hand moving from your hip to your back, tracing your spine again. You fail in holding back the small gasp that slips through. How is it possible for him to get harder just from that!? 

Your toes curl as he gives a small hump, only to harshly stiffen. Did he not mean to do that? 

“A-as long as we don’t… do it, then I’ll be happy to help you.” His hips struggle to stay still at your words, your husband clearly getting excited. He shouldn’t be like this. He should have left you alone and obsess over Roxana. 

But your gut is telling you that you switched places with her. That can’t be true though - he’s just playing with you for now. Raising your hopes up that he’ll be a ‘decent’ husband only to shatter the illusion once he gets tired of you. Honestly, after giving it some thought, you’re not sure which one is worse. 

“You have a lot of trouble with saying the word ‘sex’. It’s cute.” Dion muses, deciding to break his promise of not touching you further by ghosting his lips along the back of your neck, stopping between your shoulder blades. 

“M-mmh… You promised not to touch,” you shakily breath out, ignoring how he called you ‘cute.’ Your toes curl again, chest heaving a bit as you force your breathing to stay steady. Fingers digging into the sheets, your head starts to feel dizzy - he’s being much more intimate, choosing to be teasing and lover-like. 

How long has it been since you tingle down there? You hate it, hate how his touches are starting to set the mood. It’s despicable.

“You also said you didn’t come here for this.” 

“People are allowed to change their minds.” Your husband doesn’t go further than this. You wonder what his expression is. What he’s thinking while scared of the reality of everything. Should you be direct with your refusal? Would he even care? Bother to listen? 

Breathing in, you decide to test your luck. 

“But I haven’t.” Again, he stays practically glued to you. “So, please.” Unable to finish, you only shut your eyes tight, praying to whatever God that would listen. After what seems like hours he completely removes himself from you. Relief fills you as you’re freed, air easier to take in. 

It slightly irks you when he doesn’t apologize. The moment you wake up tomorrow, dawn breaking and memories fresh, you might consider killing yourself. To avoid any possible harsh and inhuman punishment Dion may give you for rejecting him. But tonight, right now as your head is fuzzy and your body falling victim to sleep, you couldn’t care less. 

You’re just happy and grateful he listened. 

Now only your body would do the same. 

“You should change and sleep.” No emotion in his voice. Remorse, guilt, annoyance, hatred - nonexistent. You are a bit worried about it but you can only close your eyes. Thinking is becoming hard.

How can you talk to him so freely? Minutes ago you were scared that the man would rape you. Yet now you’re back to being fine? Madness really is contagious. 

“I don’t think I can… that’s not an invitation.” Making your thoughts and expectations clear, you think you can faintly hear the scolding of your mother. You’ll fret over tonight later.

The world ceases to exist around you, falling into the abyss before you could hear him sigh.  

- - -

He was hoping you would change your mind. The most painful part was over with - as long as he took his time with you, it shouldn’t hurt as much. 

He would have played with your clit until you were whining for his fingers.  To flick the nub back and forth with his tongue until you complain, saying he was being unfair. To rub the tip of his cock against both your entrance and clit until your hips were bucking against him, trying to slip him in. 

But dreams don't always come true. 

Dion accepted as such, realizing that it was far too early to have sex again anytime soon. He could live without it. For a while. Hopefully the same goes for you, otherwise…

Well, his left arm would suffer a lot. 

… this isn’t like him. It’s strange and confuses him. You confuse him. But the questions could be saved for later, when his own eyes aren’t becoming heavy with sleep deprivation, the eye bags getting worse. 

He looks at your sleeping figure, halfway undone dress and corset still on. He considers stripping and changing you into the silk nightgown that he threw onto your back earlier. But seeing how the interaction from earlier went, he decides against it. 

He should call for Hana. 

Scarlet eyes stare hard at you. You look so comfortable, so peaceful - he wants to ruin it. Yet, at the same time, he wants to leave you be, to have a moment of peace in this hell. Your husband settles for the latter. Consideration sometimes overwrites sadistic pleasures. 

… something really is wrong with him. He wasn’t raised with consideration in mind yet here he is. 

Walking to the closet, opening the doors and picking nightclothes at random, Dion wonders how bad you’ll freak out tomorrow. If you’ll cry and beg for forgiveness once you’re able to talk and think. Or if you’ll play pretend and give him a nervous smile once the shock wears off. 

Maybe when he closes his eyes and slips into the dreamworld, he’ll be blessed with a dream of where you’ll accept him as is, faults and all. But as Dion slips his shirt on, he knows it’s next to impossible. 

For tomorrow, when you wake up to his sleeping face, you’ll find an isolated corner to hide in. Tonight will only be looked back on with regret filling your mind. 

That’s how it always starts. 

- - -

“Is it too early to write to sister?” a boyish voice asks. Your father looks up from his paperwork, heavy bags under his eyes. Standing in front of his desk in his office stands your brother - (e/c) eyes filled with impatience and worry. His hands are behind his back, nails digging into skin. 

The twelve-year-old boy has to physically stop himself from grabbing your father by the shoulders and shake him, demanding answers. Out of every man to marry you to, every family to give you to… why did he choose the worst of the worst? 

Weren’t there any better options? 

Your father goes back to his paperwork, pen gliding across the sheets. “It’s not, but be mindful of your words. No need to give your sister more stress. God knows she’s already tipping on the verge of insanity.” 

He doesn’t see the point in lying. Everyone with a brain knows he basically sent you to your early grave - it was only a matter of time until the Agriche family drives you crazy. And that’s putting it lightly. 

His reputation as a man and father has been ruined beyond belief. In spite of that, many still pitied him, rumors going around that he was forced to give you away. Others say that he wanted a bit of the power your new in-laws would lend him after the marriage. However, no-one would dare to ask him directly. 

“... am I supposed to wish her luck on her new happy marriage? Or should I tell her how lucky she is to get sold into such a wealthy and warm family?” 

Slam!

“Zachary (Last name)! Enough. This is a political matter; you won’t understand until you get older.” Your father slammed his palms against the surface of the desk, papers flying and pen dropping to the floor. It rolls under the desk. 

“Understand…? What is there to understand? Anyone with a brain cell knows that she won’t last long. Maybe a month if she’s lucky.” Zachary argues back, stomping towards the desk. A staring contest breaks out between the two males - your father is the first to look away. 

Running a hand through his greying hair, he heavily breathes out. “Everything will… work out.” 

“Work out? What do you mean by that? This isn’t some experiment -” 

“Listen,” your father leaves his position to walk towards your brother, grabbing his shoulders. “Your sister is strong. There is no need to worry.” 

“She’s as strong as a single match.” 

“That’s just rude. But yes, she won’t go crazy… immediately.” 

“You just said she’s tipping on the verge of insanity.” 

“It’s a figure of speech.” 

The argument goes nowhere, both males refusing to back down. Your brother was always hard headed - this wasn’t the first argument that has broken out between father and son, nor will it be the last. However, the context of this one is grave. It involves you. 

“Zac,” your father affectionately refers to him by his nickname, “it’s good that you’re worried about your sister. I’m worried too; but now is not the time to think the worst. Right now, you should offer her support…  cheer her up.” 

What a lousy way of pushing aside the pressing issue. 

Zac doesn’t say anything. In the end, he sighs before nodding his head. “Alright. I understand, father.” 

Your father accepts his answer. “Good. Now, like I said, do be mindful of what you write. Right now is a sensitive time.” 

‘Which means that the Agriche family is going to read through the letter first before giving it to her,’ Zac thinks. Alright, fine. That’s fine. 

Not like he practiced writing sugary words with hidden meanings the moment he heard of your engagement. With a teacher he hates but still followed regardless. The results of his teaching better yield positive results. For everyone’s safety - especially your brother’s. 

“I’ll tell her how you cried for two hours straight.” 

“...Zachary.” 

[sazandorable]

As a native speaker of a different language than English who literally started learning English in order to be able to read the only works that existed for my small fandoms: please, please, please do post non-English language works to the AO3!

And as an old fan who started interacting with other fans on livejournal and had so much fun with communities and challenges and writing memes and anon kink memes and drabble trees: please, please, please do repost your old lj stuff to the AO3!!!

If, like me, you still feel self-consciousness or embarrassed about it, my personal technique to mitigate that is:

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I created an alternate pseud (which shows up linked to my main profile) for my reposts of old works.

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Go forth, treasure your old nonsense, do your part in preserving fandom culture history, be an archivist, have fun!!!

i don't know who needs to hear this but if you ever wrote livejournal or fanfic dot net or even wattpad fic back in the day that you aren't totally embarrassed of....repost it on AO3 now. you don't have to actively write there now, use a different username even, but for archiving purposes it is so important. and with streaming and other things making older fandoms becoming popular again, newer fans are going to AO3 and not finding any of the wonderful history of the fandom. please if you see this and you don't write fanfic but you have a favorite on another site PLEASE tell them to repost it to AO3. not just so more people will see it but for posterity.

[casptastrophe]

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i spam reblog things on occasion! not very often, but still. you have been warned.

also my blog is broken so my interactions don't show up in notifs to my knowledge ^_^ idk what to do about it anymore because staff hasn’t responded to me in a few months despite multiple requests so i'm basically hopping ship

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[ryujin-chatbot]

Ryujin Chatbot

introduction

DISCLAIMER: this chatbot does not represent ryujin of itzy from jyp entertainment in any way , form or action. this is purely for entertainment purposes only!

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mentions of murder

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slight weaponry

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mysterious ryujin in the beginning

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[whalohs]

i’m back with meta. 

( and then immediately i hecked up the tags, so deleting and reposting. sorry for the spam! )

let’s look at caleb and jester’s relationship, as mainly a retrospective of where it started. i’m also going to talk about where it has gone since, and how the heck we got here. not particularly shippy unless you ship it already (in which case i hope you enjoy the ship meta), and ready to discuss anything as long as you’re respectful about it.

as always, general disclaimer: for me, it’s more interesting for me to think “[character] would do this because [actions]”, rather than “[character] would do this because [player preferences]”. i can’t claim to know the critical role cast, and i think it does a disservice to their characters if i try to bring them in like that. a weird distinction, i know, but i always think it’s important to mention! i try to distance my meta from the cast, and take the character’s actions by their own merit. 

anyway.

for all we joke about how ridiculous jester is or how much caleb was ready to run from the mighty nein, it’s hard to deny these two had a really, really rough start. jester was everything caleb didn’t want in a person, and caleb was someone jester never... really had experience with. 

lemme explain, first with caleb’s perspective: caleb is running from trent & the cerberus assembly. the last thing he wanted was to be noticed or seen, let alone get his name out there in any way shape or form - and yet here comes the most silly, obnoxious, ready-to-turn-the-world-upside-down tiefling he has ever met, and he met molly at the same time. 

naturally, he hates it. but it runs a deeper than having to travel with someone who doesn’t give a shit about discretion when caleb is discretion personified. i think when we dislike someone, it’s because we see parts of ourselves reflected in them; not necessarily all bad, but parts we have lost, never had, or don’t want to acknowledge. 

it’s important to note that while caleb and jester are very different, there are parts that are shockingly similar; caleb started as a very hopeful, bright, and confident young man at the time he entered the assembly, not unlike where jester started in their adventures ( now is a different story, and i’ll get to that later ). they are both stubborn in their ideals and put a lot of faith in the people they care about ( caleb with nott, jester with the traveler, marion, and fjord ). 

i would not be surprised if caleb sees a little bit of his younger self in jester. but the conflict occurs where he sees his younger self as a very flawed, terrible individual, while jester is not... that. he simultaneously wants to protect her from becoming jaded (as anyone with experience tends to want to), while also knowing she could make very awful mistakes (like he did) if left alone. 

that said! jester is the way she is because she was able to foster her positivity, her hopes, and her ideals in a way that didn’t come and bite her in the ass. so it’s not “jester is caleb pre-development”, and more “jester and caleb are two different results due to different experiences from similar individuals”. unfortunately, caleb can’t think like that with the experiences he’s had, hence all of this.  

i think that it’ll make more sense from jester’s perspective: jester’s living conditions weren’t perfect by any means, but they weren’t exactly trauma central, either. she had loving, kind people in her life that allowed her to develop by encouraging what she enjoyed, as opposed to molding her a specific way. again! she was able to grow the strong parts of her personality - her hopes, her positivity, her confidence - in a way that didn’t come and bite her in the ass. she doesn’t regret anything that she did, because she has never had a reason to.

you could say that she doesn’t have enough experience to see the negative consequences of her actions, and i both agree and disagree. experience doesn’t always equate to hardships; while failure is an important part of learning, it is not the only way you learn. caleb is not necessarily more experienced because he suffered negative consequences, but because he experienced more types of consequences.

that said, she is sorely lacking in some experiences! primarily in dealing with people with different wants and opinions than her. having a loving, encouraging, but ultimately sheltered environment likely means she got to have a lot of things her way. and we see a lot of that at the start of the campaign. 

so the simplest way to say is: jester has never really had someone who dislikes her for who she is. she has never sat through a level of conflict resolution her and caleb needed, and so in an attempt to do things in the way that made the most sense for her, basically got off on the worst foot. 

and so, you know, this goes on for a while. start of campaign two is hilariously turbulent for the both of them. caleb makes nice because he sees the benefit of someone like jester in a party (and not much else), and jester isn’t going to treat caleb any differently than she does anyone else. hence, friction. 

then the money conversation / argument / caleb-smears-mud-on-his-face-out-of-spite happens. which i think really was a bigger turning point than we originally thought it would be (because the nature of the fight wasn’t too serious), mostly because caleb took forever to warm up to the party (disclaimer: i love caleb). 

it’s interesting because it’s the one of the first times we actually see... any actual conflict involving jester. most people brush jester off as the quirky weirdo at first, and doesn’t take her opinions as seriously as others. that makes sense, and jester is fine with that! but that’s what makes caleb’s reaction to jester basically saying she grew up spoiled really fascinating. 

he’s furious, and rightfully so. and caleb back then was keen on making sure he didn’t attract any attention, that unless she really struck a nerve he was just gonna nod and not think about it. but as we saw -- that’s not how it happened. i think he especially felt stung because he tried to help, because she had been distressed, but all of it backfired terribly. 

so they fight. they’re upset at each other. caleb smears mud on his face then walks away and i think it hits jester on the head that oh, what she said without thinking really did upset someone, when she hadn’t meant to necessarily make them uncomfortable. 

jester, for the limited social experiences she has, is a very empathetic person. it doesn’t take a lot from her to understand why he would have been upset by what she said, once she cares enough to consider it.

the remainder is a gradual, but noticeable change to where we are now; while it’s outdated and my opinions on details have changed, i did write a shorter meta on caleb and jester on an earlier episode point. i think the bulk of it stands true, though, so feel free to read that and then come back!

spoilers: they’re destroying me now.

a few things i did want to add: i think a lot about how out of all of the nein, the main people who notice jester’s slowly dwindling confidence are caleb and caduceus (beau, nott, and fjord notice it too, just in a slightly different way; and yasha is.... bring ashley back 2k19). caduceus pretty much has 3 million in insight so i’ll touch on that later, but fitting caleb in here is interesting!

mostly because he likely, again, experienced that dwindling confidence in finding his place in life, just in a more drastic way than jester; he pretty much hit rock bottom at the start of the campaign! he’s definitely projecting a little, but a lot of relationships are built on people projecting parts of themselves to others; it’s the easiest way to relate to another person. 

as an aside: it really is cool, and speaks to his development a ton, that caleb’s motives for helping the party have become a lot more altruistic than when i wrote the post above. he cares about them now, very, very deeply, and i have a lot of thoughts on why! this just isn’t the post for ‘em; maybe next time.

how he comforts her has changed too. before it was a lot of [ throw frumpkin at her and hope it fixes the problem ]; his attempts at bringing the party together were definitely more material in nature, compared to now.

it’s also really, really good to see jester slowly starting to see the “imperfections” in caleb ( the ones that caleb sees, anyway ), and accept them wholeheartedly. again! she is an extremely empathetic person, and once they understood each other it became a lot easier for her to actually provide the support he needed. 

it’s the subtle things; less jokes at his expense, and more ridiculous things in general. sharing porn with him because she thinks he’ll like it. and, a surplus of optimism about her outlook on life that seems to affect the top row a ton. 

they’re all in love with her. i can tell. that’s okay, jester has two hands and a tail ( i had to ). 

so, where are we now? it’s obvious enough to say that they’re friends, good friends at that! they care about each other a lot! caleb makes the softest faces at jester and jester grins so happily at him and they really do have a good thing going. 

i think the biggest change in caleb is that he trusts her enough to rely on her for things outside of her abilities. i think a lot about the conversation they had recently after talking to the scourger, and how caleb let himself be comforted by jester instead of denying her attempts completely. it speaks to the level of emotional vulnerability he is comfortable showing to the group now. 

that said: i definitely consider jester to be the group baseline for caleb. liam has mentioned multiple times that out of all of the nein, jester is the one person who he doesn’t want to share his past with. which, again, given the juxtaposition in their upbringing, makes a lot of sense! 

but the fact that he’s willing to be vulnerable with someone he didn’t want to be vulnerable is huge. the fact that he doesn’t see her optimism and ridiculousness as a weakness for the group, and instead looks to use them as strengths (how they use polymorph is a huge example) is very different than beginning-of-campaign caleb.

the biggest change in jester is that her worldview has expanded to understand what caleb needs, and how that might be different than what she needs. it wasn’t as huge strides for jester as it was for caleb, but i think that makes sense! a lot of jester’s development is internal, and reflects a lot about what she thinks of herself, whereas caleb’s development has been very external, and how he is beginning to view the people around him ( and allowing himself to be viewed ). 

but still! it’s huge! jester has two decades of solving problems a certain way, and being told that that way was all that she needed; but her ability to listen, comfort, and provide insight in ways that others in the group can’t thanks to her unique world view really helped shaped the types of conversations she had with him. 

a really, really simple way to say this is that jester started taking caleb a lot more seriously. which i think is hilarious, because you’d think that’d be more fitting for caleb’s thoughts on jester. but once she started reaching out to him to understand, the tone of their relationship changed. it seems less caleb-indulges-jester-on-nonsense and two equals who indulge each other on ridiculous nonsense, if that makes sense? 

oh that said: i do attribute a lot of caleb’s relationship changes with the party to the fact that he went through a lot of external development. definitely not the place for that here, maybe i’ll come back to it some day.

well i’m back and surprising no one i wrote like 2k words on critical role so welcome back, me. i’m rusty and rambly and i may have written things here that aren’t as poignant as i wish it was, so please forgive me if anything seems off!

[spnsoulsarchive]

rules

   This is going to be a long post, and I apologise for that. However I do not apologise for putting my boundaries as clear as possible, and will not apologise for doing so. All of the rules below exist for a reason, and I have them for my own comfort.

It is okay if you don’t agree with them BUT IT’S NOT OKAY TO IGNORE THEM. If you think you cannot follow the posted rules, then do not follow this blog. Thank you !!

General

 These are the basics, a re-hash of rules that almost everyone has but that I like to cover anyway just in case!

Read ALL important pages: rules, disclaimer, muse list & info for the muse(s) you want to interact with

Use proper punctuation and spellings to the best of your abilities

Mark clearly whether an ask is IC or OOC

No godmodding

No maiming, killing, etc. of my muses without my permission

No choosing of thoughts or big actions of my muses without my permission

Hate, anon or otherwise, will be reported and deleted. Users will be blocked.

There may be an occasional mention that I do this if there’s some kind of repeat, but I will not place the content itself on the dash.

Asks and IMs are always welcome!!

More in the < Asks & Memes & Messaging > section

tracked tag is SOULSBREATHED and is the best chance of getting me to see a post. @’ing me will also work, but please be sure to use my url tag on top that! please also put somewhere which of my muse(s) the post is for.

Specifics

These are some of the rules that have been established over time for my own sake, and to make everyone’s time on here a lot easier!

Your age must be listed somewhere I can easily find it! I’m not comfortable writing some content with muns or muses who are under 18

If I cannot find that information I am unlikely to follow, and I will not write that content with you, as it’s safer to err on the side of caution.

It takes time for me to check through all my followers, so please don’t ask if I haven’t followed back right away or unfollow, unless I post very specifically about dumblr fucking things up.

There’s any number of reasons I may do either, but the more we happily interact and talk the more likely I am to follow or re-follow.

With rare exception, I will not interact with any blogs that contain digits in them.

Please, please, use regularly accepted punctuation within threads.

Please.

Do NOT spam-reblog from me, which is reblogging 3+ posts in rapid succession. It messes up my notifications and I lose other things.

Mark clearly between IC/OOC, and which muse or npc a message is for.

ALL PERSONALS WILL BE BLOCKED

unless I can tell with a glance that there are RP sideblogs attached to them

I love my ships and will not stop writing them for someone else’s sake. I tag all visual content, but if there’s a short tag or something to be added, give me a quick little heads-up and I’ll happily tack it on. Everyone wins!

If I cannot easily navigate a blog for information, I will not follow back

easy navigation includes:

rules page

disclaimer/ooc page of some kind

tagging system

cut posts

Formatting

this little section is for what to expect from me and my writing preferences, but it is a flexible section!

I do both regular capitalization and zero capitalization for threads, depending on partner and length of the thread

memes and asks will be done in whichever I’m feeling

I do small text ONCE for aesthetic, but will leave text regular size if asked

Headlines will be done in subtext size, again mostly for aesthetic

Parentheses and brackets will be BOLDED and italicized, on the whole

I will @ the url of the person who sent the ask or is part of the thread

thread partner urls may also have their muse’s name listed after a slash for further clarity

I occasionally use icons, but mostly for asks, dash commentary, or silly things

all icons are 100x100

I enjoy using bold, italics, and strikethrough, but that’s about the extent of my text formatting and I try not to overdo them too much

Asks & Memes & Messaging

Asks are open to everyone!

IMs are ooc and mutuals only.

If a meme is shippy or nsfw, it is mutuals only and will require previous interaction.

All others are freebies!!

for the time being I’m putting a graphic in the direct reply to an ask, adding a blockquote for tagging the sender, additional commentary, and the source meme if there is one

Any reply to an ask MUST be in a new post. Reblogged asks will be ignored.

Any messages saying ‘wanna rp?’ or asking for an IM will be deleted. I’m far more receptive to being approached with ideas to work with

While not explicitly reblog karma, I am not a meme source and will talk to you if you always take memes from me but never send anything in or talk to me. Sometimes a meme doesn’t work and that’s fine, but there’s no excuse to never interact with me.

I often have a mix of platonic, general, and nsfw/shippy memes at my disposal, but feel free to improv something from the gist or edit sentences to suit our muses better!! Creative fun is why we’re here <3

OCS & Sideblogs & MuMus & Second-Gens

Information must be easy to navigate and read, same as for canons/single muse blogs!

Sideblogs, please list somewhere OBVIOUS what the main blog is called so I know what to look out for.

Mumus, I love you and your dedication, but I am most selective with you. Yes, even as a mumu myself.

The more fandoms covered and more muses included, the less likely I am to hop on board mostly because I prefer a clean dash.

If we’re close friends ooc I’ll likely be far more lenient

OCs with a main spn-canon faceclaim will not be accepted unless the muse has been around longer than the canon being cast or if they look/act markedly different than the canon ( Karen Gillan with all her hair vs as Nebula, for example ).

more in the < canons & fcs > section

Unless plotted otherwise, they will not know my muses, but they can know OF my muses

Second-Gens ( kids of the original set(s) of main canons ) make me uncomfortable for a number of reasons, and so will be interacted with on a case-by-case basis.

I am unlikely to follow unless we know each other very well ooc

Canons & FCs

Again, OCs with main spn-canon faceclaims will not be interacted with unless they meet at least one of the two criteria listed above.

However, if I pick a FC for someone related to this blog that isn’t canon, it’ll likely be shrugged off as uncanny lookalike, or we can otherwise plot around it.

Animated FCs are welcome, but I’ll admit that specifically anime blogs are unlikely to be interacted with. Sorry

If a canon has an alternate faceclaim: cool! Just have it listed somewhere obvious, please

FCs I will NOT interact with: Mark Sheppard, Selena Gomez, Mads Mikkelsen, Miley Cyrus, Justin Beiber, Sara Bareilles, Andrew Scott, Zooey Deschanel, Natalie Dormer. The list may be periodically updated; yes, it is okay to ask me about specific names and why these ones are listed.

Shipping

There will be a good deal of F/F, F/M, and M/M on this blog both in visual and text.

May ( read: probably will ) include three+somes.

Implication and mention to graphically clear are likely, and will be tagged.

Brady/Sam is not a ship I expect but Brady (the demon) is at least borderline obsessed with Sam even if he doesn’t actively seek the other out 

Wi.nce.st will very likely be present on this blog. If this is content that makes you uncomfortable please do not follow me.

By default, ALL my muses are single unless plotted otherwise.

Please don’t assume there will be a ship between your muse and mine without plotting first, positively or negatively !!

I WILL NOT be ship-exclusive with any blogs

I will have mains but it’s on unofficial terms

For all my writing partners: I will happily plot ships, and details! But I won’t have an assumed prior romantic/sexual history between our muses.

Again, I know this bit is particularly long !! But it’s very necessary for my comfort and yours as a baseline of whether we might get along or not. Thank you again for pulling through all the reading; if you’re staying, awesome !! If you’re not, I’m sorry to see you go but I hope you find the writing happiness you want <3

[gukseuphoria]

a response to fluffyjhs

Alternative title - Exposing Luna: A Receipt-Filled Thread

Disclaimer 1: I didn’t want to do this, I never wanted to make this a public affair but she has been harassing my friends and I’m DONE, officially. She’s been self-victimizing for months and obsessing and stalking my friend and I’m not having it. And now she’s “exposed” us on tumblr. Enough is enough.

Disclaimer 2: obviously, for my friends’ safety, I will be censoring the names and handles of those who do not want to be mentioned, but who still wanted their part of the story to be included. But y’all can come at me all you want.

I’ll put this under a cut to save peoples’ dashes, but PLEASE read it if you are in ANY WAY involved with Alice/fluffyjhs. Thank you.

So.

Our group of friends knew her as “Luna”, but she’s known currently as Alice, and her current blog handle is “fluffyjhs”. Just because I personally knew her during her time as Luna, I’m going to address her as so, although I doubt it is her real name.

Luna joined our network I think in mid-October 2018 along with a wave of other new members. At first, everything seemed relatively normal: she talked with other members and made friends. It should be known that one of the members of the network - Phi, @guksdimple - was taking time off of the chat for personal reasons.

The first thing that weirded me out was that Luna was acting as if she knew Phi personally. I didn’t think too much of it, I figured they were mutuals. I’m personally close with Phi and so I asked her if she wanted me to say hi to Luna for her. She then told me that she didn’t follow Luna before nor did she know her until now. (I know this sounds random but it will be important for later points.)

Minor issue. Amongst her other habits, it was weird, but not too off-putting.

(Other habits include: leaving the chat randomly only to ask to join back a little later; jumping into any conversation Hoseok-related in a retrospectively possessive manner; whining when one of her messages was ignored (in a very busy, approximately 30-person group chat).)

Luna didn’t start truly off-putting members until another member - whom I will call Chloe - came to the admins of the network (Phi, Bri @starjeon and I) to confess that she felt ignored and even looked down upon by Luna. Chloe and Luna had made contact before being members of the network and it was awkward to say the least. Chloe wanted to be friends with Luna but Luna was very cold with her. Regardless, Chloe tried to be friendly with Luna until it was obvious that it would not be reciprocated.

Here are some screenshots of conversation snippets between Chloe and Luna. While not directly rude, you can see the passive-aggressiveness present. (sorry for the weird format. Blame Chloe, dsibfsf)

(in case you can’t read it: “you really have a lot of love to show right? lol”)

(Chloe only sent 3 pictures and Luna asked her not to “spam”, despite sending MULTIPLE messages at a time in the past herself)

Until then, the admins had decided to simply keep an eye on the situation to avoid drama, as while it seemed passive-aggressive, there was no proof of her intentions, and Chloe agreed. However, this all changed when Chloe received an anon message.

I could go into a deep analysis as to how we concluded that this message was from Luna - typing habits, mostly (notice the over-excessive use of commas and run-on sentences) - but the biggest proof is possibly this message she sent before leaving the network chat, suspiciously around the same time the ask was sent.

Now I’m no detective, but these are the things Luna and this “anon” have in common: 1) the excessive comma use and run on sentences 2) calling Chloe an attention-seeker 3) the ask also parallels Luna’s earlier behaviour about her self-given superiority about being an ARMY for 4 years (”everyone saw the things you keep droping aren’t like everyone is new to the fandom”) - as opposed to Chloe’s 2 months and 4) commenting on Chloe’s eagerness and cheery attitude. 

After Luna left - of her own volition and out of annoyance towards Chloe - us network admins felt the need to inform the other members on the situation because of the ask. Following this, many members soft blocked/unfollowed Luna because of this.

Luna noticed this really quickly and immediately dm’d almost every. single. member. that unfollowed her. Here are just two for length’s sake, but many members received similar messages.

This, of course, sparked a minor panic within the network. It’s like Luna was waiting for the fallout to happen, keeping an eye on her mutual status with the members of the network. 

And so, as a mod of the network - and to spare Phi the drama considering her own issues - I decided to confront her on behalf of everyone. (As you can see, I’m doing the same thing now, lol.) I’ll include the most interesting parts of my own conversation with Luna. I’m known for being aggressive-aggressive when it comes to defending and protecting my friends, and it shows here. (The contact name is “(Unknown)” because Luna blocked me at the end of this conversation and eventually deleted this kkt id)

Following my conversation with her - which, as you can see, has NO MENTION of Chloe - Chloe receives messages from Luna. NO ONE has told Luna that Chloe was the one who received hate mail, or that Chloe was the one who felt harassed by her.

It’s with these messages that, in my point of view, Luna traps herself. She proves that she sent the ask and that she was PURPOSEFULLY being passive aggressive to Chloe. With that, she was officially banned from the network, and many members of the network blocked her as a precaution to avoid being harassed by her for “answers”.

It should be said that NONE of the members sent hate to, or bullied Luna. The closest thing that could be considered hate were MY messages confronting her and calling her out. She’s claiming we were bullying her but really we just unfollowed her. That’s the worst any other member had done.

Chloe was also in another network with Luna, and so Phi decided to contact the admin of this network simply to warn her that trouble might surface between those two and offered a few screenshots as context. (Chloe later left the other network because she couldn’t handle seeing Luna acting all friendly with others in there, in fear that she would use them to turn on her.)

With that, we thought that the situation was finished.

However, it wasn’t.

Luna continued to send messages to Phi overtime even AFTER she was kicked from the network. This is where my earlier passage about her weird “friendship” with Phi comes in.

Luna persistently tried to form a friendship with Phi despite Phi not really engaging with her. Phi, who was already going through personal issues at the time, did not wish to confront Luna and deal with her drama, and instead tried to slowly separate herself from her. When Luna came to her about having a panic attack, all Phi told her was to “breathe”. Not long after, Phi received these “anonymous” messages (note, once again, the comma usage).

Small occurrences continued like this, and Phi continued to ignore or give very little response to them. 

However, Phi changed her mind about her separation technique when Luna sent a vaguely aggressive message about Phi’s friendship choices - essentially, shading the fact that Phi was still friends with Chloe. 

I can’t find a screenshot of Phi’s response, but it went along the sentiment of “I’m friends with who I want, and if you can’t handle that, that’s your problem.” It was very dry and to the point, but in no way aggressive. She made her point: she wanted Luna to leave her alone. 

With that, Phi thought the situation would be over. However, Luna still tagged her in posts, sent her loving messages that Phi didn’t particularly respond to, and overall stalked her, essentially. 

The last straw was when Phi received an anon about not replying to mutuals. Due to, once again, typing habits (and her overall obsession with Phi replying to her), Phi guessed it might be Luna.

And so, after answering it, Phi decided to block that anon.

Not so surprisingly, Phi was right. It is around that time that Luna remade her blog, with the excuse that it was bugging out. 

Not too long after, she sent this to Phi:

It should be noted that “some things I saw” were, in fact, Phi interacting with Chloe on her blog and tagging her in posts. It should also be noted that Luna is thanking Phi for essentially just, telling her to breathe and calm down. That’s it. 

After that (which happened in November 2018), Luna did not do much, nor did she directly engage with Phi. Luna started going by Winter (and many other names). With that, we thought it was over. She moved blogs and was leaving us alone. She needed a fresh start, and we could respect that.

Of course, the admins - especially me - kept an eye on her to make sure she wouldn’t start drama or confront Chloe again (who was, and still is, emotionally distraught from Luna’s behaviour), but everything was fine. comfyhobi went through many changes and eventually became fluffyjhs, and she eventually took the name Alice. We still knew she was Luna, but nothing dramatic had happened. 

We did NOT engage with her. We did NOT send her hate. We did NOT make an expose post despite all she had already done. We let her live on her blog, and I simply kept an eye on her to make sure she wouldn’t name drop us and start drama on Tumblr.

We thought we were finally in the clear, that Luna had moved on and that Phi and Chloe were safe from her harassment. 

Until she came back a few weeks ago, in February 2019. She tried tagging Phi in posts again, acting like she didn’t know her and that she was a different person. And not long after, she tried applying to the network again under the name Alice and with her new blog.

One of the admins (Bri) confronted her, reminding her that she was banned from the network, but she completely denied being Luna. However, she still had the same typing habits, and we had made sure to track her well. 

Some things to note: 1) tinyjhs is one of Luna’s old URLs and did eventually “deactivate”. 2) Bri never mentioned that she deactivated, simply that she was blocked from the network, yet Luna mentioned it herself. 3) the “5 year hiatus” line is exactly the same as her comments when she originally joined the network, how she had not been active on the internet in over, I think 4 years? (Sadly, I don’t have receipts for that, I didn’t think it would ever be relevant, we’re talking about 4 months ago and I can’t find them, but it is an interesting parallel). 4) she’s awfully compassionate and insightful of the feelings of someone that we accused of causing drama.

Anyways, as you can see, she threw a temper tantrum and blocked the network blog from communicating with her. With that, we hoped it was finally done. She tried to get back in, and she failed. She knew that we knew she was Luna. 

But, this brings us to Luna’s open letter on her own blog a few days later.

The original post was made yesterday, WITHOUT our blogs’ URLs in the tags. After deliberating between admins, we decided not to engage and to let her have her drama, as no one was explicitly mentioned (yet), and we desperately wanted it to be over. We figured that maybe she would finally stop after maybe getting some attention from some of her mutuals, or that she would truly leave tumblr for good. (Clearly, we haven’t learned.) We didn’t want to give her the satisfaction of replying to her attack. 

So why, you might ask, am I replying to it now?

TWO THINGS.

First. Because of this ask Phi received.

Second. Because she finally mentioned us directly.

Luna finally mentioned us directly, publicly on Tumblr, a place where we never wanted to take this argument. All the aspects of her post PROVE that she is not “Jacqueline” as she claimed a few days ago, but VERY CLEARLY Luna. She did this in hopes of getting other people involved, to hate on us, to ruin Phi’s reputation especially, I assume. Most of all, she did this to get the attention from Phi she so desperately wanted, and the sympathy of others along the way.

We didn’t want to “expose” her. We didn’t want to make this drama bigger than it already is. But she chose to do that herself. 

And so that gives me, in my opinion, the justification to finally post this response and expose thread.

This has gone far enough. Luna is manipulative, toxic and downright psychotic. She’s obsessive, with the situation, with the network, and with Phi. She thinks she’s clever enough to move blogs and rename herself in order to sneak back into the network and do god knows what. And when we don’t give her what she wants, she brings up her many private mental illnesses, blaming us for her tw// suicidal thoughts and self harm, when we have done NOTHING but try to end this situation since November 2018. It’s February 2019, and she keeps coming back.

I have a theory that Luna desperately needs attention, which is why she kisses up to so many “big blogs” in order to try and befriend them and become a big blog herself. Many of her posts, as well as her attitude towards Phi - and towards Phi ONLY (the “biggest” blog of the network) out of all of the members of the network - seem to hint towards that. Her obsession with being rejected from the network and her neediness for every single of her messages to be acknowledged also indicate this.

REGARDLESS, while this is a post to inform the general public of the fandom (and to hopefully clear our names from her drama), it is also a callout post to Luna SPECIFICALLY.

Leave Phi alone. Leave ‘Chloe’ alone. Leave ALL OF US alone. We’re no longer tolerating your bat-shit crazy attempt at getting attention from us. We’re done.

EDIT: since Phi wrote her quick response while I was writing out this post - which you can find here - she has received many messages from people who have undergone similar treatment from Luna. Here’s a screenshot we’ve been permitted to use:

Our network is not alone. I now realize that maybe my fear of bringing this onto Tumblr has brought pain and drama to OTHER people that Luna has tried to “befriend” and eventually cause drama with. I’m sorry. I hope that you all can find relief in this thread, to know that you guys aren’t alone, too. 

[trickstruth-a]

Rules

Short, sweet, and to the point. Follow these rules and we all have a great time.

1. Mutuals only. I must be following you and you must be following me.  Only those that I follow can like starter calls, send in character asks, and reply to posts.

1a. I will not interact with non-Mutuals, that includes asks, unless it’s done anonymously and it doesn’t have a url attached. Anyone who breaks this rule will get about a few pardons but after that will be blocked.

2. My time is limited here in what I can do. This means that I am very selective in what I reply to. Doesn’t necessary mean that I am ignoring anyone. Some days I reply to everything and everyone, others I am so burnt out from irl things or work that I just lurk and do the bare minimum. My mental health and well-being comes before anything else.

2a. Replies vary by length and time. I normally work eight to ten hours a day and experience a lot of exhaustion. Unless I don’t see a thread or an ask going anywhere and publicly make a post saying it’s been dropped, consider everything as pending / will do ASAP. Memes are okay to send in late unless it clearly states, not accepting. My timezone is Eastern Standard Time or EST. United States is where I am located at. I am usually online from 10 PM EST to 3 AM EST unless it’s a day off from work, which the online time will vary from 12 PM EST to 3 AM EST.

2b.  Role-playing is a hobby, not a job. Do not pester me for replies or asks to be answered. I am not obligated to owe anyone anything on this website. I am human and can’t cater to everyone’s needs.  Being persistent here is not going to make me answer yours faster than other people.

2c. Don’t follow, unfollow, and then refollow my blog. It’s not going to make me want to follow you back, ever. It’s annoying and no one is being crafty by doing that. If you continue to do this and it isn’t a tumblr glitch, I will be inclined to block and possibly report for spam.

3. If you do need to break mutuals with me, HARD BLOCK my blog. Don’t just UNFOLLOW or SOFT BLOCK because chances are that I could mistakenly follow you again. And that’s something we both don’t want since it would be quite awkward.

3a. I have the right to unfollow whoever I want to and so do you. Please don’t go on a hunt and try to guilt trip me into following you back again. Just don’t. I can and will tell you the reason why I unfollowed you but other than that, just let me leave in peace.

3b. Personal blogs and non RP blogs will be blocked on sight. Please, if you have a side blog let me know through asks so I don’t accidentally block you. IMs are not a good way to let me know since they are closed for non-mutuals.

4. Duplicates are welcomed to follow me. The more the merrier. I do not suffer from same muse anxiety and encourage any of the same muse to follow me. Only request is that you don’t steal my headcanons, edits or icons. Other than that, we should all be able to have a good time. I’m always up for twin verses or alternate universes shenanigans.

4a. Original Characters are allowed to follow me. However, they need to be a little flesh out before I make a decision to follow them back or not. Just a small backstory or biography is all that I need. Headcanons also work if there isn’t an about page but must have about one page worth for me to consider following.

4b. Crossover Characters from other shows are allowed to follow me but I must know about said muse or else I’ll have a hard time whether to follow or not. Few fandoms I won’t interact with because I have no interest in these series are: Avatar the Last Airbender, Avatar the Legend of Korra. ( more to be added ).

5. I am a multi-ship blog. All ships are separate in their own standings. Goro is 17 in the ORIGINAL game and ROYAL remake. I will only ship him romantically with muses that are in the ages between 15 years to 17 years of age ( for the ORIGINAL and ROYAL remake only ).

5a. I am open to all kinds of ships, not just romantic ones. I also enjoy platonic, rivalry, and familiar bonds. All ships are open to discussions through my IM(s) or otherwise known as Instant Messenger.  Chemistry is key. As long as we interact a little, there’s always the chance that both muses can be in a relationship.

5b.  Is there any ship that you do NOT want forced on you?: I personally don’t ship AkeShu / ShuAke ( the Protagonist x Goro Akechi ). Please don’t force this ship on me. I’ll only except a slow burn for both characters and only that when both the other mun and myself agree to do this.

6. Things for you to tag for me are: BIRDS, CHAIN LETTERS, ORGANS, DOGS. For the birds and dogs, just irl ones trigger me. I am fine with cartoon / art / video game ones as they are not real.

6a. This blog will contain sensitive themes from time to time. However, I will tag common things like those mentioned below. If you need anything tagged, please let me know through instant messaging / IMs. Things I’ll tag for you are but not limited to: BLOOD, GORE, DEATH, BODY HORROR, EYE HORROR, INSECTS, MAGGOTS, BRUISES, SCARS, GUNS, KNIVES, CLOWNS.  

7. I am over the age of eighteen. However, I refuse to write smut as I am not comfortable with that subject to begin with and Goro is a minor. Please never force me to write this with you and if you keep sending things to me in this type of nature, I will report you, no questions asked.

7a. If I see any form of hate and I find out it was you that sent it, I will immediately BLOCK you. No questions asked. Life is too short to send unwanted hate, anon or not. All anon hate and hate towards me and my characters ( s ) in general will be reported and then blocked, no questions asked.

8. My pen name on here is SERE. Obliviously, that is not my real name but it’s what I go by. It’s short for ‘Serena’, the English name that DIC gave Usagi Tsukino in the Americanized version of Sailor Moon. It’s pronounced; SIR-REE.

9. I am not a meme source. If you need to reblog a meme from my blog and don’t plan to send me anything, reblog from the source. I hardly get asks as it is, and for you to just use me as a meme source puts a bad taste in my mouth and I feel like I’m being used, which isn’t a good feeling. If you wonder if you should send in a meme to me, please do. I love getting asks. I do hoard them from time to time like a dragon hoards treasure but I do get to them eventually. The more memes / asks, the merrier.

9a.  Feel free to turn inbox replies into threads. Just remember to make separate post when replying. Do not reblog threads not meant for you and don’t reblog my headcanons. It’s okay to reblog my asks though if you want them to be keepsakes on your own blog. Also, it’s alright to reblog musings and images from me.

10.  I usually am not considered spoiler free. However, I do tag recent released games, which is Persona 5 Scramble. All other games in the Persona 5 series ( original game, dancing in starlight, pq2, and royal ) will NOT be tagged. Follow at your own risk to avoid spoilers.

10a.  Knowledge in the Persona series is about ABOVE AVERAGE, please don’t keep pointing out mistakes. I know and will correct them due time.

10b. Please tag the popular ship AkeShu / ShuAke ( Goro Akechi x Persona 5 Protagonist ) / ( Persona 5 Protagonist x Goro Akechi ). I am not a fan of this ship at all and would request it to tagged at all times. Tags can be as simple as ‘akeshu’ and ‘shuake’.

11. I rather not be bothered by callout posts and any potential drama that might accumulate. I am just here to have fun and I hope everyone else can too. Life is too short to spend on certain things that don’t matter in the long run. If I see multiple call out posts from you in a single day or that’s all you post, I will quietly unfollow you.

12.  Out of character posts will be on here from time to time. Mostly talking about life in general or me venting once in a great while. If this annoys you, please remember that this is my blog, not yours. You are welcomed to unfollow / block at any time.

12a.  The best way to interact with me is to send memes / asks / inbox things. I am always up for unprompted things in my inbox. Also, my instant messenger is always open if someone needs to contact me out of character or to plot something. Don’t hesitate to talk to me. I will try my best to respond.

12b.  Not interacting after a month or two with me and my blog will make me silently unfollow you or result in a soft block. Or if you don’t interact with me at all, even out of character. Also, if you are gone for more than 6 months, I consider your blog inactive and will probably assume that you aren’t going to return.

13. I’m really laid-back in nature so don’t feel pressured to reply to anything I send to you. I understand that life happens and that sometimes you just need to unwind from the stress of daily life.

14. For pronouns; either SHE/HER or THEY/THEM is okay with me. My orientation is DEMIROMANTIC ASEXUAL. I love anime, manga, video games, music, drawing, and writing. If you read all of this, then thank you! I won’t ask for passcodes but please still try to remember these at some point. That’s all I ask. <3.

**DISCLAIMERS.

This revived blog has been established since May 23rd, 2020. Independent and not affiliated with any role play group. Written by SERE.

( rules may be updated from time to time so please check here once in awhile. I will also post when these are updated as well ).

[shieldedsouls]

rules

    This is going to be a long post, and I apologise for that. However I do not apologise for putting my boundaries as clear as possible, and will not apologise for doing so. All of the rules below exist for a reason, and I have them for my own comfort. 

It is okay if you don’t agree with them but it’s not okay to ignore them. If you think you cannot follow the posted rules, then do not follow this blog. Thank you !!

General

  These are the basics, a re-hash of rules that almost everyone has but that I like to cover anyway just in case!

Read ALL important pages: rules, disclaimer, muse list & info for the muse(s) you want to interact with

Use proper punctuation and spellings to the best of your abilities

Mark clearly whether an ask is IC or OOC

No godmodding

No maiming, killing, etc. of my muses without my permission

No choosing of thoughts or big actions of my muses without my permission

Hate, anon or otherwise, will be reported and deleted. Users will be blocked. 

There may be an occasional mention that I do this if there’s some kind of repeat, but I will not place the content itself on the dash.

Asks and IMs are always welcome!!

More in the < Asks & Memes & Messaging > section

tracked tag is SHIELDEDSOULS and is the best chance of getting me to see a post. @’ing me will also work, but please be sure to use my url tag on top that! please also put somewhere which of my muse(s) the post is for.

Specifics

These are some of the rules that have been established over time for my own sake, and to make everyone’s time on here a lot easier!

Your age must be listed somewhere I can easily find it! I’m not comfortable writing some content with muns or muses who are under 18

If I cannot find that information I am unlikely to follow, and I will not write that content with you, as it’s safer to err on the side of caution.

If you are not comfortable with discussion and usage of DID ( dissociative identity disorder ) please do not follow as it ties heavily into my portrayal of Bucky Barnes and James ( the Winter Soldier ).  

It takes time for me to check through all my followers, so please don’t ask if I haven’t followed back right away or unfollow, unless I post very specifically about dumblr fucking things up.

There’s any number of reasons I may do either, but the more we happily interact and talk the more likely I am to follow or re-follow.

With rare exception, I will not interact with any blogs that contain digits in them.

Please, please, use regularly accepted punctuation within threads.

Please.

Do not spam-reblog from me, which is reblogging 3+ posts in rapid succession. It messes up my notifications and I lose other things.

Mark clearly between IC/OOC, and which muse or npc a message is for.

ALL PERSONALS WILL BE BLOCKED

unless I can tell with a glance that there are RP sideblogs attached to them

I love my ships and will not stop writing them for someone else’s sake. I tag all visual content, but if there’s a short tag or something to be added, give me a quick little heads-up and I’ll happily tack it on. Everyone wins!

If I cannot easily navigate a blog for information, I will not follow back

easy navigation includes:

rules page

disclaimer/ooc page of some kind

tagging system

cut posts

Formatting

this little section is for what to expect from me and my writing preferences, but it is a flexible section!

I do both regular capitalization and zero capitalization for threads, depending on partner and length of the thread

memes and asks will be done in whichever I’m feeling

I do small text ONCE for aesthetic, but will leave text regular size if asked

Headlines will be done in subtext size, again mostly for aesthetic

Parentheses and brackets will be bolded and italicized, on the whole

I will @ the url of the person who sent the ask or is part of the thread

thread partner urls will also have their muse’s name listed after a slash for further clarity

I occasionally use icons, but mostly for asks, dash commentary, or silly things

all icons are 100x100

I enjoy using bold, italics, and strikethrough, but that’s about the extent of my text formatting and I try not to overdo them too much

Asks & Memes & Messaging

Asks are open to everyone!

IMs are ooc and mutuals only.

If a meme is shippy or nsfw, it is mutuals only and will require previous interaction. 

All others are freebies!!

due to asks being fucked for formatting: i will tag the url of the sender on a new post, have a header to show which muse is answering, and tag the user within the post. i will also link it and privately answer the original ask where possible, to help ensure responses are seen.

for the time being I’m putting a graphic in the direct reply to an ask, adding a blockquote for tagging the sender, additional commentary, and the source meme if there is one

Any reply to an ask must be in a new post. Reblogged asks will be ignored.

Any messages saying ‘wanna rp?’ or asking for an IM will be deleted. I’m far more receptive to being approached with ideas to work with

Any messages that do no specify a muse will be deleted.

While not explicitly reblog karma, I am not a meme source and will talk to you if you always take memes from me but never send anything in or talk to me. Sometimes a meme doesn’t work and that’s fine, but there’s no excuse to never interact with me.

I often have a mix of platonic, general, and nsfw/shippy memes at my disposal, but feel free to improv something from the gist or edit sentences to suit our muses better!! Creative fun is why we’re here <3

OCS & Sideblogs & MuMus & Second-Gens

Information must be easy to navigate and read, same as for canons/single muse blogs!

Sideblogs, please list somewhere OBVIOUS what the main blog is called so I know what to look out for.

Mumus, I love you and your dedication, but I am most selective with you. Yes, even as a mumu myself.

The more fandoms covered and more muses included, the less likely I am to hop on board mostly because I prefer a clean dash.

If we’re close friends ooc I’ll likely be far more lenient

OCs with an mcu-canon faceclaim will not be accepted unless the muse has been around longer than the canon being cast or if they look markedly different than the canon ( Karen Gillan with all her hair vs as Nebula, for example ).

more in the < canons & fcs > section

Unless plotted otherwise, they will not know my muses, but they can know of my muses

Second-Gens ( kids of the original set(s) of main canons ) make me uncomfortable for a number of reasons, and so will be interacted with on a case-by-case basis.

I am unlikely to follow unless we know each other very well ooc

Canons & FCs

Again, OCs with mcu-canon faceclaims will not be interacted with unless they meet at least one of the two criteria listed above.

However, if I pick a FC for someone related to this blog that isn’t canon, it’ll likely be shrugged off as uncanny lookalike, or we can otherwise plot around it. 

Animated FCs are welcome, but I’ll admit that specifically anime blogs are unlikely to be interacted with. Sorry

If a canon has an alternate faceclaim: cool! Just have it listed somewhere obvious, please

FCs I will not interact with: Mark Sheppard, Selena Gomez, Mads Mikkelsen, Miley Cyrus, Justin Beiber, Sara Bareilles, Andrew Scott, Zooey Deschanel, Natalie Dormer. The list may be periodically updated; yes, it is okay to ask me about specific names and why these ones are listed.

Shipping

There will be a good deal of F/F, F/M, and M/M on this blog both in visual and text. 

May ( read: probably will ) include three+somes. 

Implication and mention to graphically clear are likely, and will be tagged.

By default, ALL my muses are single, with the noted exceptions of Frigga ( until Odin chooses to pass ) Dugan and Peggy if it’s circa 1952-after, and Sam who is widowed and single post-2012, unless plotted otherwise.

Please don’t assume there will be a ship between your muse and mine without plotting first, positively or negatively !!

Specific to Peggys: don’t be alarmed by my above warning, Dugan/Peg is my muses only and not something I expect to be followed. I will also not expect a ship with Steve.

specific to Steves: I will not expect a ship with Peggy, Bucky, or Sharon

However, Bucky loves Steve, bordering on obsessively. Whether it’s platonic, romantic, or completely one-sided pining is up to plotting and muse chemistry.

if we are writing stucky, Bucky is the one who will be in it first.

James is incredibly anxious about dealing with Steve for many reasons, and more anxious about the possibility of infringing on Bucky’s territory.

It is one of few ships that will require Bucky’s active participation if you want James involved, because James will refuse Steve otherwise.

if we are writing steggy, it will not be eg-canon compliant

Specific to Peppers: Tony cares ( depending on point in time, deeply ) for her, but I will not expect a ship and it must be plotted out. 

They could be exes, almosts, currently dating, platonically attached, whatever we would like! But it must be plotted.

specifically for Janes: I do not automatically lead with fosterson! My default is somewhere between slow burn infatuation or mutual, friendly separation. Thor adores her in any type of relationship though, and supports her endeavors and enthusiasms

For Bucky and James, dating one of them does not mean you have to be dating the other.

It would be marginally easier depending on time and verse tho

Specifically for Natashas: I include the generality of James being at the Red Room, but we must plot about including the affair or not. It is not my default canon.

if we are defaulting to winterwidow, James is the one most familiar with her, not Bucky. James was the fronting personality when they originally met, and Bucky’s recollection of events will be hazy if present at all.

If you want to ship Nat with Bucky, it must be plotted and must account for the prior/continuing relationship with James

For Sharon, she has no romantic interest in men ( yes including Steve ).

if she ends up with a comics-inclined verse this may change but will still require heavy plotting.

I will not be ship-exclusive with any blogs

I will have mains but it’s on unofficial terms

For all my writing partners: I will happily plot ships, and details! But I won’t have an assumed prior romantic/sexual history between our muses.

Again, I know this bit is particularly long !! But it’s very necessary for my comfort and yours as a baseline of whether we might get along or not. Thank you again for pulling through all the reading; if you’re staying, awesome !! If you’re not, I’m sorry to see you go but I hope you find the writing happiness you want <3

[pleasecallmecaptain]

Through The Screen [3]

Pairing: NSA Agent!Bucky Barnes x Reader

Warnings: More nonsense, as usual

Word Count: 1.4K+

A/N: This is a non-chronological, crack fic NSA Agent AU series! (Announcement here in case you missed it.) Just a little disclaimer that I have no idea what being a NSA agent is like nor do I know how technology works; this is just a ridiculous fic idea we had. A masterlist will be up soon and unfortunately, there will be no tag list for this series. I hope you like this fic and please let me know what you think! :D

Don’t forget to follow @writingbarnes​ for other chapters in this series :D

• 1 • 2 •

As you pulled your car up into the driveway and turned off the engine, you noticed an elderly man standing at your door, ringing the doorbell. Wearing a khaki uniform and a safari hat, he looked like...well, a zookeeper. But why would a zookeeper be looking for you?

The car beeped as your thumb pressed the lock button on your car keys and you took cautious steps toward your house.

“Hi, can I help you…?” You approached the man slowly, shifting the backpack strap on your shoulder.

The clipboard in his hands fell to his side as the five-foot-eleven man turned on his heel to face you with gentle eyes and a polite smile.

“Hi miss, are you Y/N?” He questioned.

“Yes, I am. And you are…?”

“I’m Stan Lee with the Save Our Elephants Foundation. On behalf of our organization, we would like to thank you from the bottom of our hearts for fostering an elephant!” His smile widened to show a set of pearly whites.

Your brows furrowed in confusion. You understood they were grateful, but was it necessary to come all the way to your house to thank you in person? An email or letter would have sufficed.

“Now if you could kindly sign this please while I go get your delivery.” David handed the clipboard and a ballpoint pen to you, then walked away.

Assuming the package was some sort of thank you gift from the foundation, you quickly scribbled your signature next to the big red X on the bottom left of the form and dated it. Suddenly, you heard heavy footsteps thudding towards you. You looked up towards the sound and your jaw dropped; your breath shortened and your heart rate sped up.

“WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT?” Your eyes have never been as wide as they were now and you were rendered speechless.

Stan’s gaze flickered from you to the package and back to you. “This is an elephant,” he stated slowly, his voice dripping with disbelief, as if he really believed you have never seen an elephant before.

“I know that’s an elephant, but what is it doing here?!”

Stan reached for the clipboard that was still in your hand, but he practically had to wrestle it from you due to your iron grip. He double checked the documents and asked to confirm, “Ma’am, you donated to foster an elephant with the Save Our Elephants Foundation, correct?”

All you could do was nod, your mouth too dry to respond and your focus entirely on the elephant at your doorstep.

“Well, here’s your foster elephant! Take good care of the little fella, he’s a bit of a troublemaker.”

With a wink, Stan handed you a manila envelope nad hopped back into his truck. He left without even looking back.

“C’mon, baby, come here.”

It took a bit of time to rearrange everything downstairs and you had to leave your new responsibility chilling out on the street, but there was now a cleared area and you tried to coax the nervous animal into your garage before one of your neighbors saw it and tattled to the landlord. Your soothing voice drew the elephant to you and it finally followed you into the garage with the help of some leash tugging.

With the garage door closed, you stared at the elephant and it blinked back at you.

A nervous breath escaped your lips and you cleared your throat. “Okay, well, um…”

Just then, your eyes flickered over to the manila envelope that was left on the top of a container used to hold fabric. You reached over to pick it up and slowly unraveled the string, pulling out a stapled packet of papers.

“So your name is Dumbo and you’re three years old.” You gave the small being a glance over, your eyes landing on his ears, and nodded in agreement at the suitable name. Dropping the papers to your side with a sigh, you muttered, “What the hell am I going to feed you?”

After flipping through the rest of the papers, you found a list of foods that you can feed Dumbo. With a little red wagon you found in the garage, you emptied your fridge of all foods that were safe for Dumbo and towed it back to the garage.

“Nat’s going to kill me.” You whined.

At the smell of food, Dumbo began shuffling around, causing the ground to rumble slightly.

“Okay, so I emptied out our two gallons of milk into a tub for you. There’s a watermelon, two bunches of bananas, five apples, and two heads of lettuce. Oh, I filled up this bin with water for you. It’s 32 gallons, so that should be good for a while, right?”

You spoke to Dumbo as if he understood, and for a second, it seemed like he did because you swore you saw a nod from him. You pushed everything in front of him and gave him a loving pat.

“Enjoy yourself! I’m gonna go inside and do some homework, but I’ll be back in an hour to check on you. Be good!”

Pleased with your work, you skipped back into the house and prayed everything will be okay.

“So...by the way, once again this is hypothetical, how much do you think someone will need to spend to raise an elephant?”

Your fingers tapped restlessly against your keyboard as you waited for Bucky’s response.

I don’t know, a lot? You’ve been asking question after question about raising elephants as if you’re actually going to raise one.

“Ha! As if I would be crazy enough to do that.”

You faked a nervous chuckle. Suddenly, a noise similar to a loud trumpet sounded and your head immediately snapped towards the door. A sharp ‘ping’ brought your attention back to the laptop screen and you read the message.

See, here’s the thing...you are crazy enough to do that.

That better not be an elephant I hear.

“Um…” That was all you had to say for yourself.

Are you keeping a fucking elephant in your house?!

Are you insane?!

Oh my god. You really are.

As Bucky spammed you with furious messages, you held up a finger to the screen and yelled, “I’ll be right back!”

Don’t you dare leave.

But you were already gone.

-----

Twenty minutes later, you ran back into the room, your room flushed red and beads of sweat crowding your forehead.

“I can explain.”

I can’t wait to hear this.

You can sense the sarcasm dripping from that sentence, even if you can’t hear Bucky’s voice. You rolled your eyes and sassed him back before diving into the story of how you ended up with an elephant named Dumbo at your house.

What kind of foundation sends you the whole damn animal?

You shrugged. “So that’s the story. Do you want to meet him?”

Before he could respond, you unplugged your laptop and speed walked towards the garage. Dumbo trumpeted again when he saw you and you grabbed another apple from the fruit basket and held it out to him.

“Buck, this is Dumbo!”

The elephant’s curiosity took over and his trunk began sniffing the keyboard and the screen, but when nothing interested him, he returned to his apple.

First of all, he got the webcam dirty, so clean that when you get back to the room. I can’t see clearly.

Second of all, you have to send him back.  

“But he’s so cute.” You pouted, though you knew deep down that he was right.

An elephant that size needs around 150 pounds of food a day. To my knowledge, you can’t afford that, unless you have a secret trust fund I’m not aware of.

“150 POUNDS?” You gasped and turned to look at Dumbo who was guzzling down the water in the bin, which needed to be refilled soon.

You gave him another loving pat and Dumbo wrapped his trunk around your arm happily. Your heart melted and you whispered to Dumbo, “Maybe I can sell my car to buy food for you.”

Have you lost your mind?

You can practically see Bucky pulling at his hair on the other end. That is, if he had hair. You still have no idea who this Bucky is and what he looked like. He could be prematurely balding for all you know.

“I’m just kidding!”

You’re not funny.

“Let me just keep him for a few more days so I can bond with my son.”

Y/N!

“Okay, okay! Fine, I’ll call them now.”

Please let me know what you think!

[sapphicseekingsapphic]

RULES

1. Do NOT select more than 1 age group tag or more than 1 location tag. 2. No nudity, partial nudity or suggested nudity. 3. You must state your age and be 16+ 4. Press the ‘submit’ button ONCE. 5. Do NOT submit on behalf of someone else. 6. No men, TERFs or MAPs. 7. No requests for a purely sexual arrangement.

These rules are further explained below: __________________________________________________

Rule 1. Tags

You are NOT REQUIRED to select any tags, provided that you state your age in the caption. But if you do use tags, there are strict rules:

ONLY select tags that apply to you. Do not select multiple ages or multiple locations. I try very hard to make this site easy to use and free of spam.

Do NOT select both “16to17 and “18to24" (or any other variation - just select 1)

If you say you are a certain age but select a different tag, I will delete your submission because your age is not clear.

Choose YOUR current age. This MUST be stated or selected as a tag. I need to know your age group even if you think it is obvious.

Do NOT select more than 1 location:

Only select the “USNorthEast” “USSouthEast” etc tags if you live in South East USA - it says US south east for a reason!!

The ONLY exceptions are the states Texas, New York, California, Florida and Illinois, which can be selected in addition with the appropriate corresponding tag (USSouthWest, USPacificNorthWest, USMidWest or USNorthEast).

Do NOT select UK and MainlandEurope

If you DO have a legitimate reason for selecting multiple locations, please explain this in the caption (eg. live in multiple places throughout the year for study etc)

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Rule 2. Nudity GLFG no longer accepts nude, partial nudes or suggestion of nudity. 

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Rule 3. You must state your age and be 16+ I did create a 13-17 blog just for friendship but pedophiles started using it to find victims so I deleted it. I do read each submission, so to the people who say “Not 16 yet but oh well lol” you’re not getting posted, lol. 

You may have noticed that I include a disclaimer for all submissions of people under 18. This is to promote a safe blog. It doesn’t matter if you think your age is obvious, you must let me know whether or not I need to put the disclaimer on your submission. It is okay to simply select the appropriate age group tag.

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4. Press ‘submit’ button ONCE.

When you submit a picture, click submit and WAIT. It usually takes a few seconds for this message to appear:

Every time you click ‘submit’ I get another picture. So please resist the urge to keep clicking it. I’m no longer going to post submissions if I receive multiple copies of the same picture all at once. I’ve received 34 of the same submission all at once. If I get 5 or more copies, then it is clear that you have ignore this rule and I will NOT submit your post and will block you. I don’t block people as punishment - I just find it easier to click ‘block’ rather than having to go through so many submissions and delete each one.

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5. Do NOT submit on behalf of someone else

Even if it is a friend who is okay with it. If they want to do it, they can. I get too many requests from people asking for their post to be deleted because it was submitted by a friend. ________________________________________________________

6. No men, TERFs or MAPs. If you are female/gnderfluid/nonbinary you can submit.

People who are questioning their gender or sexuality are also welcome.

Polyamorous people can submit provided they are NOT looking for a purely sexual arrangement. This blog is about connecting lgbtqpia people NOT about hookups for threesomes.

Men, masculine-aligned gendered people cannot submit.

TERFs (trans-exclusionary radical feminists) and other transphobes are not welcome.

MAPs (minor attracted person) and their sympathisers are NOT welcome.

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7. No requests for a purely sexual arrangement. The aim of this blog is for sapphic people to find connections and friendship. Requests for relationship are fine - as long as it is not a purely sexual arrangement, eg. requests for threesomes, additional partners, hook ups, nude photos etc. If you are simply looking for sex - go someplace else. If you are looking for a LDR (long distance relationship) or an actual meaningful, romantic relationship that may lead to sex, that is okay. I hope I have made the distinction clear - message me for further clarification if needed.

If you do get a request for sex or a nudes, please screenshot it so I can block that person. This does NOT include polite questions like: “Are you single?” “Are you looking for a gf?” or “I think you’re cute” (unless they are sent my a male). But if someone sends you nudes (regardless of their gender) or asks sexual questions, these are people who can be blocked - however, blocked users can still access this site and message people because the tumblr blocking system is pathetic.

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I hope I have made these rules clear - it’s not difficult! If you have made a mistake and already clicked submit, just try again. I delete all submissions that don’t follow the rules or I amend them and add an explanation. I do not make changes to submissions upon request. This is because I start at the bottom from oldest to newest, therefore your submission has already been deleted or added to the queue (and I’m not wasting time scrolling through the queue to find your submission when its probably deleted).

If you want to resubmit, feel free, but please wait awhile before doing so, otherwise I will delete your additional posts.

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Questions Meme

@cinlat tagged me and I’m going to be lazy af and break the rules and just answer her questions because it’s nearly six am and I’m tired. 

Why didn’t I do this earlier, you ask? That’s a great question that I have no satisfactory answer for at all! (Which surprises no one)

Part of the responses are under the read-more link. I didn’t want to spam you all.

1: When you are old, what do you think children will ask you to tell stories about?

- Probably how embarrassing it was watching our country get run into the ground by an incompetent orange man-child with his stubby sexist and racist finger on the nuclear button. 

I will tell them to be silent and bring me another vodka, because I’ll be old and I don’t need to answer their questions or talk about these dark days. #the get off my lawn defense

2: What is your dream job?

- I usually make flippant answers to this but.. I always wanted to be a rider at the Vienna Riding School, and I was unutterably bitter when I discovered I couldn’t because I was a girl. By the time they decided to let women in, I was not of an ideal age to move to Europe and become a full time horsewoman at a prestigious dressage school anymore.

I’m bitter about that, too. ;)

3: Where do you get your news?

- The Root. I largely ignore everything else because most of it ignores black people, so why should I read it? Jk, I read a lot of news in different places, but I really do prefer the Root to everything else.They actually cover minority stories, for one. And at least they sometimes make me laugh despite the dystopian nightmare we’re descending rapidly into. (I’ve clearly had one.. or more.. too many glasses of wine tonight)

4: What movie can you watch over and over without ever getting tired of?

-I have three main favorites. 

Legend

Ladyhawke

and Labyrinth. 

There’s a lot of movies that I love though and I have actually watched Dirty Dancing well over 200 separate times and I’m not even slightly ashamed to admit that. (The first 100 was a summer bet when I was about 14.)

5: What’s the best / worst practical joke that you’ve played on someone or that was played on you?

- Tbh, no one ever plays jokes on me because I am notoriously bad tempered about it and I have the longest memory imaginable. 

It’s pretty much a first class ticket to hell if you mess with me. People seem to realize that quickly. I do have a good sense of humor, but.. I don’t like to be tricked or fooled. 

6: Where are some unusual places you’ve been?

- We used to travel a lot when I was a kid. Salem Witch Museum was a favorite for me. 

I had the misfortune of staying in a truly horrible motel once in St Augustine, FL... it was a nightmare. There were flying roaches. I slept in the car and my dad got reamed out by my mom and we moved the next day to a Holiday Inn. Lol. 

I’ve been to Oregon and when I was there, no less than four random strangers on the street asked me if I was Persian. (I am not) I found that unusual. ;)

7: What’s the spiciest thing you’ve ever eaten?

- I have no idea. Probably something at one of the Tex-Mex restaurants here, or some Thai food years ago. I like spicy food, but it does not like me, so I don’t indulge often, and I usually instantly regret it.

8: How did you get started in fanfiction, whether it’s reading, writing, or drawing? (I’m stealing this one from @mandojedi23 because it’s a really good question)

- I’m one of those people who just.. makes up their mind to do something and then does it. If it doesn’t work out, I try something else. 

I’ve always liked writing the in between scenes after or before a particular RP scenario for my rp characters.. I did it for years with my main Night Elf character on WoW and her RP partners. I’d been wanting to write something for my Sith Warrior on SWTOR, and so I finally started on what I planned to be a little story arc for her and joined AO3 so I could post a few chapters there and finish the story.

Now the story is like.. War & Peace in space, and I have five other works, and more in my brain waiting to be written. 

I’ve met a lot of great people from that whim to post a story (including Cinlat, and @melissagt and @tishinada and @starrealis and @salaciouscrumpet and @inyri and @tweedpawn and so many more) , and I’m really glad that I did it. Even if I never wrote another word, I’d be happy that I got to know you all. There are a lot of amazingly talented writers and artists here on Tumblr and AO3 and I’d be writing names all day if I tried to name you all, but I love your works and hope you all keep writing and arting and creating.

I especially thank Melissa, Cinlat, Tish, and Crumpet for bouncing ideas off me and with me, and helping me with plot problems when I was struggling and letting me do the same for them. Y’all the real MVPs. :)

(Disclaimer: I am in no way saying I’m never writing another word, don’t @ me)

9: What was your original fandom?  What drew you to it? (This one too)

- I don’t know if I even qualify as someone IN fandom so much as someone who is a fan. I don’t get very enmeshed in theorycrafting or headcanons or anything.. I just like a thing. 

But I was born when Star Wars was starting up, and so in a lot of ways, this really was my original fandom. At least my biggest one. I have never been a big sci-fi fan on the whole, though I do read it recreationally and watch movies about it.. I’m definitely more of a fantasy person. Elves, dragons. All that. But I love Star Wars. I love lightsabers, and the force. I love Sith. I love the Empire. I love red and black. *laughs* I love the universe, the varied worlds, the alien races. I love the dichotomy, the vastness of it all. 

I keep hoping that someday, Star Wars will love people who look like me a bit more in return. Because it’s hard to love a universe that is imagined largely without -anyone- who looks like you in it. 

(But until then, at least I have Black Panther. ;) )

10: What is your biggest obstacle when it comes to your passion/hobby?

- My immense laziness and my penchant for binge watching shows, when it comes to my writing. It derails me and makes it hard for me to concentrate. 

But as for horses and dogs, which I love down deep in my soul... what gets in my way there is simply reality. I sold my horse when we moved down here, and my husband doesn’t really want to keep horses again because of the commitment and how hard it makes travel, etc. I get it. I even agree with it. But I miss them. I miss grooming them. I miss the smell of their hair. I miss the feel of a big strong gelding under me in an extended trot, moving in a beautifully collected frame. I miss the reins, the smell of leather. I miss everything about horses, and it’s definitely a bit of a hole in me that I’ll probably never own one again. 

We want to travel, so he wants to get down to no dogs. I agreed at the time, but I don’t think that will ever -really- happen. I could see having one dog, but I don’t know if I’d ever be able to be happy with none. But that’s a conversation for another day, because I still have four. ;)

11: What are your most important rules when going on a date?

- Respect me, and be a gentleman. I don’t like poor manners, and if you touch me without my permission, you’re going to draw back a bloody stump. ;)

Tags: @evilrevan @inyri @rainofaugustsith @lumielles  (Your choice, no pressure)

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RULES

Short, sweet, and to the point. Follow these rules and we all have a great time.

1. Mutuals only. I must be following you and you must be following me.  Only those that I follow can like starter calls, send in character asks, and reply to posts.

1a. I will not interact with non-Mutuals, that includes asks, unless it’s done anonymously and it doesn’t have a url attached. Anyone who breaks this rule will get about a few pardons but after that will be blocked.

2. My time is limited here in what I can do. This means that I am very selective in what I reply to. Doesn’t necessary mean that I am ignoring anyone. Some days I reply to everything and everyone, others I am so burnt out from irl things or work that I just lurk and do the bare minimum. My mental health and well-being comes before anything else.

2a. Replies vary by length and time. I normally work eight to ten hours a day and experience a lot of exhaustion. Unless I don’t see a thread or an ask going anywhere and publicly make a post saying it’s been dropped, consider everything as pending / will do ASAP. Memes are okay to send in late unless it clearly states, not accepting. My timezone is Eastern Standard Time or EST. United States is where I am located at. I am usually online from 10 PM EST to 3 AM EST unless it’s a day off from work, which the online time will vary from 12 PM EST to 3 AM EST.

2b.  Role-playing is a hobby, not a job. Do not pester me for replies or asks to be answered. I am not obligated to owe anyone anything on this website. I am human and can’t cater to everyone’s needs.  Being persistent here is not going to make me answer yours faster than other people.

2c. Don’t follow, unfollow, and then refollow my blog. It’s not going to make me want to follow you back, ever. It’s annoying and no one is being crafty by doing that. If you continue to do this and it isn’t a tumblr glitch, I will be inclined to block and possibly report for spam.

3. If you do need to break mutuals with me, HARD BLOCK my blog. Don’t just UNFOLLOW or SOFT BLOCK because chances are that I could mistakenly follow you again. And that’s something we both don’t want since it would be quite awkward.

3a. I have the right to unfollow whoever I want to and so do you. Please don’t go on a hunt and try to guilt trip me into following you back again. Just don’t. I can and will tell you the reason why I unfollowed you but other than that, just let me leave in peace.

3b. Personal blogs and non RP blogs will be blocked on sight. Please, if you have a side blog let me know through asks so I don’t accidentally block you. IMs are not a good way to let me know since they are closed for non-mutuals.

4. Duplicates are welcomed to follow me. The more the merrier. I do not suffer from same muse anxiety and encourage any of the same muse to follow me. Only request is that you don’t steal my headcanons, edits or icons. Other than that, we should all be able to have a good time. I’m always up for twin verses or alternate universes shenanigans.

4a. Original Characters are allowed to follow me. However, they need to be a little flesh out before I make a decision to follow them back or not. Just a small backstory or biography is all that I need. Headcanons also work if there isn’t an about page but must have about one page worth for me to consider following.

4b. Crossover Characters from other shows are allowed to follow me but I must know about said muse or else I’ll have a hard time whether to follow or not. Few fandoms I won’t interact with because I have no interest in these series are: Avatar the Last Airbender, Avatar the Legend of Korra. ( more to be added ).

5. I am a multi-ship blog. All ships are separate in their own standings.  I am open to all kinds of ships, not just romantic ones. I also enjoy platonic, rivalry, and familiar bonds. All ships are open to discussions through my IM(s) or otherwise known as Instant Messenger.  Chemistry is key. As long as we interact a little, there’s always the chance that both muses can be in a relationship.  

6. Things for you to tag for me are: BIRDS, CHAIN LETTERS, ORGANS, DOGS. For the birds and dogs, just irl ones trigger me. I am fine with cartoon / art / video game ones as they are not real.

6a. This blog will contain sensitive themes from time to time. However, I will tag common things like those mentioned below. If you need anything tagged, please let me know through instant messaging / IMs. Things I’ll tag for you are but not limited to: BLOOD, GORE, DEATH, BODY HORROR, EYE HORROR, INSECTS, MAGGOTS, BRUISES, SCARS, GUNS, KNIVES, CLOWNS.  

7. I am over the age of eighteen. However, I refuse to write smut as I am not comfortable with that subject to begin with and most of my muses here are minors. Please never force me to write this with you and if you keep sending things to me in this type of nature, I will report you, no questions asked.

7a. If I see any form of hate and I find out it was you that sent it, I will immediately BLOCK you. No questions asked. Life is too short to send unwanted hate, anon or not. All anon hate and hate towards me and my characters ( s ) in general will be reported and then blocked, no questions asked.

8. My pen name on here is SERE. Obliviously, that is not my real name but it’s what I go by. It’s short for ‘Serena’, the English name that DIC gave Usagi Tsukino in the Americanized version of Sailor Moon. It’s pronounced; SIR-REE.

9. I am not a meme source. If you need to reblog a meme from my blog and don’t plan to send me anything, reblog from the source. I hardly get asks as it is, and for you to just use me as a meme source puts a bad taste in my mouth and I feel like I’m being used, which isn’t a good feeling. If you wonder if you should send in a meme to me, please do. I love getting asks. I do hoard them from time to time like a dragon hoards treasure but I do get to them eventually. The more memes / asks, the merrier.

9a.  Feel free to turn inbox replies into threads. Just remember to make separate post when replying. Do not reblog threads not meant for you and don’t reblog my headcanons. It’s okay to reblog my asks though if you want them to be keepsakes on your own blog. Also, it’s alright to reblog musings and images from me.

10.  I usually am not considered spoiler free. However, I do tag recent released games, which is Persona 5 Scramble / Strikers. All other games in the Persona 5 series ( original game, dancing in starlight, pq2, and royal ) will NOT be tagged. Follow at your own risk to avoid spoilers.

10a.  Knowledge in the Persona series is about ABOVE AVERAGE, please don’t keep pointing out mistakes. I know and will correct them due time.

10b. Please tag the popular ship AkeShu / ShuAke ( Goro Akechi x Persona 5 Protagonist ) / ( Persona 5 Protagonist x Goro Akechi ). I am not a fan of this ship at all and would request it to tagged at all times. Tags can be as simple as ‘akeshu’ and ‘shuake’.

11. I rather not be bothered by callout posts and any potential drama that might accumulate. I am just here to have fun and I hope everyone else can too. Life is too short to spend on certain things that don’t matter in the long run. If I see multiple call out posts from you in a single day or that’s all you post, I will quietly unfollow you.

12.  Out of character posts will be on here from time to time. Mostly talking about life in general or me venting once in a great while. If this annoys you, please remember that this is my blog, not yours. You are welcomed to unfollow / block at any time.

12a.  The best way to interact with me is to send memes / asks / inbox things. I am always up for unprompted things in my inbox. Also, my instant messenger is always open if someone needs to contact me out of character or to plot something. Don’t hesitate to talk to me. I will try my best to respond.

12b.  Not interacting after a month or two with me and my blog will make me silently unfollow you or result in a soft block. Or if you don’t interact with me at all, even out of character. Also, if you are gone for more than 6 months, I consider your blog inactive and will probably assume that you aren’t going to return.

13. I’m really laid-back in nature so don’t feel pressured to reply to anything I send to you. I understand that life happens and that sometimes you just need to unwind from the stress of daily life.

14. For pronouns; either SHE/HER or THEY/THEM is okay with me. My orientation is DEMIROMANTIC ASEXUAL. I love anime, manga, video games, music, drawing, and writing. If you read all of this, then thank you! I won’t ask for passcodes but please still try to remember these at some point. That’s all I ask. <3.

**DISCLAIMERS.

This blog has been established since January 1st, 2021. Independent and not affiliated with any role play group. Written by SERE.

( rules may be updated from time to time so please check here once in awhile. I will also post when these are updated as well ).

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PHP MySQL BLOB PDF: Display in Browser

In Use MySQL BLOB column with PHP to store .pdf file, I covered an example of how to store a .pdf file in the actual database table using the MySQL BLOB datatype and PHP. Now that we have .pdf’s stored in the database, how do we display them in the browser? This blog post answers that exact question. Continue reading to see a working example using PHP… Photo by Ben on Unsplash Self-Promotion: If you enjoy the content written here, by all means, share this blog and your favorite post(s) with others who may benefit from or like it as well. Since coffee is my favorite drink, you can even buy me one if you would like! There are 2 separate steps involved in displaying a MySQL BLOB .pdf file in the browser using PHP: Provide a list of all the current available .pdfs and Project Names (optional) Display a project’s .pdf file in some manner in the browser when the user chooses it. All Current Projects For the first step, we’ll provide all the available .pdf projects from the database, in a simple list for the user to choose from, using 3 files: base.html.php display.html.php projects.php For a refresher, shown below is the structure for the ‘pdf_projects’ table: Table structure for the project_pdf table.Now a look at each file in turn File base.html.php is the foundation template file. Data is sent – or included – in other template files, then rendered in the browser from base.html.php using 2 variables: ‘$title’ and ‘$output’.    

=$title?>     =$output?>             Next, file display.html.php is a partial template file, providing all current .pdf project’s in an HTML unordered list (ul) using a PHP foreach loop:

    Current PDF Projects

                        =$row['project_name']?>

            Finally, file projects.php is the control script that queries the database for data and passes any retrieved data to the display.html.php partial template file: try {     include __DIR__."/includes/DatabaseConnection.php";     $sql = "SELECT id, project_name             FROM project_pdf             ORDER BY project_name ASC;";     $result = $pdo->query($sql);     foreach ($result as $row) {         $records[] = [             'id' => $row['id'],             'project_name' => $row['project_name']         ];     }     $title = 'Display PDF File';     ob_start();     include __DIR__."/templates/display.html.php";     $output = ob_get_clean(); } catch (PDOException $e) {     echo 'Database Error '. $e->getMessage(). ' in '. $e->getFile().         ': '. $e->getLine();    } include __DIR__."/templates/base.html.php"; PHP MySQL BLOB PDF: File Structure and Functionality In file projects.php, a ‘$records’ array is created containing all returned data from this simple MySQL SELECT query, retrieving the ‘id’ and ‘project_name’ values in ASC order: SELECT id, project_nameFROM project_pdfORDER BY project_name ASC; If you recall I mentioned the 2 template file variables ‘$title’ and ‘$output’. Both of them are set to values in this file and then passed to the base template file at this line: include __DIR__."/templates/base.html.php"; The ‘pdf_project’ table data is then rendered in the browser using the ‘$title’ and ‘$output’ variables through these 3 lines of PHP code: ob_start();include __DIR__."/templates/display.html.php";$output = ob_get_clean(); Related recommended reading: The fantastic WPShout article The Many Uses of PHP Output Buffering in WordPress, is a great write-up on PHP’s output buffering. While the blog post is specific to WordPress, output buffering is a PHP thing and not limited to only WordPress. Nevertheless, the blog post is well-written and full of information, providing a great overview of output buffering. Do give this one a read. The official PHP online documentation, Output Buffering Control, is a solid resource as well. Credit Source Another resource I have to mention, in which I first learned about this process of retrieving data and using output buffering to render data in template files, is from the fantastic book, PHP & MySQL: Novice To Ninja (not an affiliate link). I can not sing enough praise for this book. Most all of – if not all – of my foundational PHP learning is based on this book and I would recommend it to anyone. PHP MySQL BLOB PDF Display in browser Now that we have listed all current data from the MySQL table ‘project_pdf’, in the browser, we use another PHP script to display a chosen .pdf in a new browser tab once the user chooses it. Does the file name display.php ring a bell for any of you? Look familiar? Savvy readers may have noticed it already. display.php is the href attribute value for the HTML anchor tag in file display.html.php as shown in this code snippet: Each rows’ ‘id’ is included in the href value via the ? and $row['id'] value. Below are the contents of the file display.php: if ($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] === 'GET' && isset($_GET['id'])) {    include __DIR__."/includes/DatabaseConnection.php";     $id = htmlspecialchars($_GET['id']);     $query = "SELECT `project_name`, `pdf_doc`               FROM `project_pdf`               WHERE `id` = :id;";     $stmt = $pdo->prepare($query);     $stmt->bindValue(':id', $id, PDO::PARAM_INT);     $stmt->bindColumn(1, $project_name);     $stmt->bindColumn(2, $pdf_doc, PDO::PARAM_LOB);     if ($stmt->execute() === FALSE) {         echo 'Could not display pdf';     } else {         $stmt->fetch(PDO::FETCH_BOUND);         header("Content-type: application/pdf");           header('Content-disposition: inline; filename="'.$project_name.'.pdf"');         header('Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary');         header('Accept-Ranges: bytes');         echo $pdf_doc;      } } else {     header('location: projects.php'); } In this script, I use the $_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] superglobal array and check if the HTTP method is ‘GET’ along with ensuring the ‘id’ value is set in the request URI string. Then it’s a simple query against the MySQL database for the correct ‘pdf_doc’ based on the WHERE clause predicate for the ‘id’. Again, since we are introducing user-supplied input – in the form of the $_GET['id'] variable from the URI – using prepared statements makes sense. I also, sanitize the ‘$id’ variable using the PHP htmlspecialchars() function. In these 2 lines, I use the PDO bindColumn() method to basically assign the returned query results column values to PHP variables for further use: $stmt->bindColumn(1, $project_name); $stmt->bindColumn(2, $pdf_doc, PDO::PARAM_LOB); In order to use the ‘$project_name’ and ‘$pdf_doc’ variables in the subsequent code, setting the fetch mode to PDO::FETCH_BOUND in the $stmt->fetch(PDO::FETCH_BOUND) call works in conjunction with the bindColumn() method calls. Here is the description of $stmt->fetch(PDO::FETCH_BOUND) from the PHP website documentation: “PDO::FETCH_BOUND: returns TRUE and assigns the values of the columns in your result set to the PHP variables to which they were bound with the PDOStatement::bindColumn() method” Therefore, we now have 2 variables (‘$project_name’ and ‘$pdf_doc’) we can use in the calls to the header() function used for displaying the actual pdf in the browser: header("Content-type: application/pdf");  header('Content-disposition: inline; filename="'.$project_name.'.pdf"');header('Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary');header('Accept-Ranges: bytes');echo $pdf_doc; Additional Information: Feel free to visit the below links for more information on several concepts covered in this section: PDOStatement::bindColumn htmlspecialchars header() isset() With all the code out of the way, let’s have a trial run and see that it all works by clicking on a project from the list, and seeing the .pdf displayed in a new browser tab. Simple HTML page of the current pdf projects. When clicking on the ‘First Project’ link, its stored .pdf is displayed in a new browser window: Displaying the ‘First Project’ pdf in the browser with PHP Additional PHP/MySQL Reading Be sure and visit these other blog posts I have written on PHP and MySQL: PHP PDO lastInsertId() method with examples in MySQL Beginning Perspective on PHP Arrays Sorting associative arrays in PHP with array_multisort() – New learning Dynamic HTML drop-down with PHP and MySQL I’ll be the first to admit this is a working example (obviously). However, I won’t necessarily say it is the only way to display a MySQL BLOB pdf file in the browser. Or the best way, as I am still learning PHP. As always, I welcome tips, suggestions, best practices, and any corrections in the comments below. If you see any corrections I should make in the code, please let me know in the comments. Like what you have read? See anything incorrect? Please comment below and thanks for reading!!! A Call To Action! Thank you for taking the time to read this post. I truly hope you discovered something interesting and enlightening. Please share your findings here, with someone else you know who would get the same value out of it as well. Visit the Portfolio-Projects page to see blog post/technical writing I have completed for clients. To receive email notifications (Never Spam) from this blog (“Digital Owl’s Prose”) for the latest blog posts as they are published, please subscribe (of your own volition) by clicking the ‘Click To Subscribe!’ button in the sidebar on the homepage! (Feel free at any time to review the Digital Owl’s Prose Privacy Policy Page for any questions you may have about: email updates, opt-in, opt-out, contact forms, etc…) Be sure and visit the “Best Of” page for a collection of my best blog posts. Josh Otwell has a passion to study and grow as a SQL Developer and blogger. Other favorite activities find him with his nose buried in a good book, article, or the Linux command line. Among those, he shares a love of tabletop RPG games, reading fantasy novels, and spending time with his wife and two daughters. Disclaimer: The examples presented in this post are hypothetical ideas of how to achieve similar types of results. They are not the utmost best solution(s). The majority, if not all, of the examples provided, is performed on a personal development/learning workstation-environment and should not be considered production quality or ready. Your particular goals and needs may vary. Use those practices that best benefit your needs and goals. Opinions are my own. The post PHP MySQL BLOB PDF: Display in Browser appeared first on Digital Owl's Prose. https://joshuaotwell.com/php-mysql-blob-pdf-display-in-browser/

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// Rules have been updated. Changes under cut.

Italics = New rules.

Bold = Changes to old rules

Disclaimer added beforehand:

DISCLAIMER: Any headcanons pertaining to my muse are mine and mine alone. Do not steal them from me, and don't act like my friend just to figure out what headcanons I have and then use them for your muse. Furthermore, if you do not like my portrayal of Reaper or my headcanons, you are more than welcome to unfollow and go find another Reaper to RP with. I will NOT tolerate stealing of my headcanons nor will I tolerate you bitching about my portrayal to me. I play Reaper in the way I see fit and I ask you to respect that, as I will respect how you portray your muse. DO NOT force your headcanons on me, it will result in me dropping our thread and probably not wanting to RP with you again.

Basic rule changes:

1. Gabriel and I do not share the same views. This should go without saying. Because it is a REAPER blog, you will see a lot of content on here that may be disturbing. I will tag it if it is anything involving the following; NSFW in general (Gore, Sex, Violence, ect.)

3. I am HIGHLY SELECTIVE. This is not because I’m a jackass, it’s because I have issues with keeping my attention on things and will more than likely end up not responding for days because of this. DO NOT Bother me about the thread, if I haven’t replied in a while its most likely that I have tried to but I can’t find the attention to do so. If you wish to drop a thread because of this just tell me and we can get something else rolling. After 1 (one) - 2 (two) weeks of me not responding, you may as me about it and remind me.

4. While I do not participate in reblog karma, I ask that you do not just spam reblog memes from me and clog up my notifications. If you’re going to be reblogging a lot of memes from me just use the source please, I don’t want my notifications spammed because it’s how I find most of my RPs. If you do participate in reblog karma and see me reblogging your stuff without sending it in, do not be afraid to message me and let me know. I read everyone's rules but I sometimes forget who participates in reblog karma and who does not.

6. I will more than likely not roleplay with you if I don’t see any chances of our muses interacting (Ie. if youre from a fandom I don't know of and you dont have an OW verse.)This of course doesn’t mean that you can’t talk to me about our characters though! I will also not RP with you if you don’t have easily found rules (for anyone) or about pages (for ocs).

RP rule changes:

6. I request that you DO NOT like my threads that contain smut. It personally makes me uncomfortable because I feel like people tend to like only these threads, and it makes me feel like they only care about that portion of my portrayal and as if they go looking for those kinds of threads. This will result in a soft block, and if you follow and continue to do it, a permanent block.

Shipping rule changes:

4. I have MAINS. This means once I have a main for a muse, I will likely not ship with another one unless serious development is given. Sorry! I may have more than one main for a character, but as stated beforehand; it will require development between our muses and talking OOC. In addition, if I am EXCLUSIVE with someone, it means I will not be shipping with another of that muse!

5. I do not mind if we speak OOC about a ship or speak about developing one, HOWEVER. I will NOT be doing shippy stuff with you on my blog until we have some development between our muses and have done at least (1-2) plotted threads. And by that I mean us talking about the plot and how our characters will develop, not just going into a thread from an ask meme. (Some exceptions may apply, depending on who you are.) For the most part; I will not instantly jump into ships and if you expect this of me then please don't bother trying to ship with me. Reaper is a VERY cold person, and he takes time to warm up to a muse.